UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20549
 
FORM 8-K
 
CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT
TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
 
Date of report (Date of earliest event reported)    October 1, 2015

 
RALPH LAUREN CORPORATION 
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
 
DELAWARE
 (State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)
 
001-13057 13-2622036
(Commission File Number) (IRS Employer Identification No.)
 
650 MADISON AVENUE, NEW YORK, NEW YORK  10022
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)  (Zip Code)
 
(212) 318-7000
(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)
 
NOT APPLICABLE
(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)


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ITEM 5.02.
 DEPARTURE OF DIRECTORS OR CERTAIN OFFICERS; ELECTION OF DIRECTORS; APPOINTMENT OF CERTAIN OFFICERS; COMPENSATORY ARRANGEMENTS OF CERTAIN OFFICERS.
Separation Agreement for an Executive Officer
 
In connection with Mitchell A. Kosh’s previously disclosed separation of employment with Ralph Lauren Corporation (the “Company”), the Company and Mr. Kosh entered into an employment separation agreement and release (the “Kosh Agreement”) on October 1, 2015.  Pursuant to the Kosh Agreement, Mr. Kosh shall receive as separation payments, an amount of $2,215,385, equal to one hundred and twenty eight (128) weeks of his annual base salary, paid as salary continuation, a $900,000 lump sum payment, equal to 100% of his annual base salary, on the date that his bonus under the Company’s Executive Officer Annual Incentive Plan for the Company’s current fiscal year (fiscal year 2016) would have otherwise been payable had he remained employed, and an additional $900,000 lump sum payment, on the two-year anniversary of his termination date.  In addition, the Kosh Agreement provides that Mr. Kosh will be treated as a retiree under the Company’s 2010 Long Term Stock Incentive Plan with respect to his unvested equity, and a portion of his unvested equity will, in accordance with such status, vest (subject to Company performance goals where applicable).  The Kosh Agreement requires that Mr. Kosh provide the Company with certain transition services, and that he comply with certain confidentiality, non-competition, non-disparagement and non-solicitation restrictive covenants.  The Kosh Agreement also includes a general release by Mr. Kosh of claims against the Company.
The foregoing description of the Kosh Agreement is qualified in its entirety by the Kosh Agreement, which is attached hereto as Exhibit 10.1.

ITEM 9.01.
 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS.
(d)
 Exhibits.
EXHIBIT NO.
 
DESCRIPTION
10.1
 
 
 
 
Employment Separation Agreement and Release, between Ralph Lauren Corporation and Mitchell A. Kosh.
 
 
 

 
SIGNATURES
 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
 
  RALPH LAUREN CORPORATION  
 
       
Date: October 7, 2015
By:
/s/ Robert L. Madore  
    Name:  Robert L. Madore  
    Title: Senior Vice President,
Chief Financial Officer
 
       
 
 
 
 
 

 
EXHIBIT INDEX
 
10.1 Employment Separation Agreement and Release, between Ralph Lauren Corporation and Mitchell A. Kosh.